- In “Pericles Funeral Oration”‚ the illustrious politician creatively uses the three artistic proofs when he eulogizes the Athenian government and the those fallen in the war. He speaks of the Athenian democracy as a shining beacon to the other poleis since it is no respecter of man‚ but seeks after what is fair‚ right‚ and just. “…class consideration not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way…” (2.43). For it is at the cost of those who so gallantly gave their
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration to Sogoyewapha ’s Appeal to the Preservation Culture After the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivered an oration to celebrate the soldiers who had died in battle. Similarly‚ Sogoyewapha’s oration delivered at the council of chiefs of the Six Nations to celebrate their religion. Both orations give an understanding of the inner workings of government in ancient Athens and in the aboriginal nation. The approach that will be applied to analyze the orations will be Burke’s pentad
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration influenced the United States Bill Of Rights through the Principles of Personal Freedom‚Equality before the law‚and rule by majority.The speech was given to empower the Athenians after the death of many warriors by Spartians. Pericles’ funeral oration influenced the United States Bill Of Rights in Regard to personal freedom.One of the principles of democracy in Pericles’ Funeral Oration is personal freedom. Pericles said‚"The freedom which we enjoy in our government also
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The Gettysburg Funeral Oration Pericles’ Funeral Oration and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address are two of the greatest and most memorable speeches ever given. Despite the fact that the two speeches were given some two thousand years apart‚ there are remarkable similarities between the two‚ including content‚ length‚ and the situations in which the speeches were given. The majority of speeches that were given in President Lincoln’s time tended to be extremely long. It was not uncommon for a person
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CRITIC ON OFW’s Pope John Paul II‚ in his message for the 1992 World Migration Day said‚ “Migration related to underdevelopment is a challenge‚ which we must face with courage and determination.” In the Philippines‚ underdevelopment and poverty are the main causes of migration within and from the country. It was in the early 1900s that the Filipino people started their plight in search for greener pastures in foreign lands. In 1972‚ the promising new labor market‚ prompt the Filipino government
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Funeral Oration "...Bear with me; / my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar‚ / And I must pause till it come back to me." (JC III ii 47) Marc Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral was so cunning and powerful that it caused the crowd’s loyalties to sway. Prior to Marc Antony’s oration the crowd favored Brutus and the conspirators. However‚ Marc Antony’s compelling discourse caused the plebeians to support him‚ and not Brutus. Marc Antony used three literary devices during his funeral oration‚ rhetorical
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claims that Caesar was a tyrant and his place in power was only hurting Rome. However‚ his speech has several flaws: it is delivered in prose and filled with irony. After Brutus finishes‚ Antony harangues the crowd with his famous funeral oration. This oration is said to be some of Shakespeare’s finest writing. The meticulous lucubration that encompasses Rogerian structure and clever word association allows Antony to manipulate the plebeians in opposition of Brutus. To begin‚ it is widely known
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Bobby J. Alexander Given the context of the speech‚ do you believe everything Pericles say’s about Athens in the Funeral Oration? Why or Why not. I feel that given the context of the speech‚ I would have to agree with what Pericles said in it to be true. First of all‚ I think that the way Pericles gives praise to his fallen comrades‚ couldn’t have been said any better. Of course maybe they were over exaggerated a little by the writer‚ but the way he spoke of them was as if he knew every
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discuss. However‚ Pico published an apologia about it-- explanation and defense of the idea after the fact‚ but also a genuine apology-- in which he reprinted the speech he had planned to give at the beginning of the disputation. This speech‚ the Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ is now the work for which he is principally remembered. It’s one of the core documents of humanism‚ because it proposes the idea that humanity has dignity and worth not necessarily because of the place we occupy in the order
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